E.P.A. Kills Water Project In Delta.

The Environmental Protection Agency killed a federal plan to build the world's largest water pump in the Mississippi River Delta. It is the first time since 1990 that the E.P.A. has vetoed a project proposed by the Army Corp of Engineers. The $220 million proposal would have moved six million gallons of water a minute from 67,000 acres of wetlands along the Yazoo River. The agency said the project would cause unacceptable damage to fish, wildlife and waterfowl. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]